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How We Blame: A Theory of Moral Responsibility

Bana Bashour

This book presents a naturalistic account of moral responsibility that is neutral on the metaphysics of free will. It engages with empirical literature in experimental philosophy and psychology and draws on real-life case studies to illuminate the author's theory of moral responsibility.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: Jul 8th, 2025
  • Pages: 186
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.50in - 0.96lb
  • EAN: 9781032522647
  • Categories: Ethics & Moral Philosophy

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About the Author

Bana Bashour is Tenured Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of General Education at the American University of Beirut. Her research is at the intersection of the philosophy of mind, ethics and moral psychology. In 2013, She published an edited anthology with Hans Muller entitled Contemporary Philosophical Naturalism and Its Implication.

Praise for this book

"Bana Bashour offers a novel account of moral responsibility grounded in normative reflection, philosophy of mind, and experimental results produced by both philosophers and psychologists. She sidesteps stale debates about free will and determinism to explain what we're doing when we attribute--and also when we misattribute--moral responsibility to each other and ourselves."

Mark Alfano, Macquarie University, Australia